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10684 (v.2) Health and Safety and Economics 582
Area: | School of Public Health |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Individual Study: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| This unit provides students with an introduction to the economic way of thinking about occupational health and safety. Students will examine the economic context in which occupational health and safety operates and will develop the skills necessary to analyse occupational health and safety issues from an economic perspective. Topics covered include - Introduction to basic economic concepts, marginal cost, opportunity costs, economic evaluation, economic growth, macro economics, micro economics. Economic rationalisation for occupational health and safety, downtime, workers compensation, rehabilitation. Budgets, workplace heath and safety programs, conflict, compromise in health and safety and economic growth and development. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y | | 2003 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Semester 1 | | Y | | | 2003 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Semester 2 | | Y | | | 2003 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Summer Period | | Y | | | 2003 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Trimester 2A | Y | | | | 2003 | Open University HK | Semester 1 | | Y | | | 2003 | Open University HK | Semester 2 | | Y | | | 2003 | Open University HK | Summer Period | | Y | | | 2003 | Open University HK | Trimester 2A | Y | | |
- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area. |
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